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Beautiful work... wow I didnt realize how big this car(1/8th) was until i saw your hand in the picture!!! Holy smokes batman!! :o lol

Edited by outlaw105
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Holy smokes......Dave, AWESOME work on the rear end cage work and chute support. B) B)

Hope you do not mind me borrowing your pics to use as guidance? They are without a doubt, the BEST source of information for ALL us guys you know. ;)

Mostly because you take the time and effort to show everything in such great detail, more than a bloke can get from most chassis shop sites.

As you say, it may not always be exactly as 1:1, but it sure looks the goods. Two thumbs up again mate. ;)

PS: Yes, back at the bench, though I'm tackling a couple of little ones (1/25) which I thought I'd never do again. :lol:

Gotta get to a shop and get hold of some more tubing for the big girl, the stuff I have is not the easily bendable kinda tube. :(

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fabricated and mounted the upper strut mount gussets and front motor plate mounts. also started to assemble the rear wheels.

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Dave this is so awesome. That head on shot of the motor sitting in the chassis is just plain ridiculous (in a good way of course!). This car is going to be sick when it's done!

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Dave....these updates are out of this world man. Love the progress and attention to detail you put into everything. Every update this build gets better.

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Dave the chute brackets look great and I love how you mounted the front hubs with brackets so they would be stable to determine where they attach to the frame. Thanks for sharing.

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Everything looks super, Dave. I love the lightening holes in the motor plate and the bolt detail in your rear wheels. How difficult was it to solder the strut mount gussets? Did you have to do much to fit them to the strut mounts? They look like they fit pretty well.

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hey, outlaw 105, scott, mike, greg and henry. thanks guys. sorry for the lack of a reply earlier.

outlaw 105, yup, they're pretty big. it takes a long time to build them. awesome amounts of fun.

greg, glad you're back at the bench and of course i don't mind if you borrow the pics.

henry, clint and chris, thanks a ton guys.

dave, glad you like the way i mount the front hubs. it allows me to set the front end geometry and then build the chassis to meet the strut.

scott, it probably wouldn't be to hard for most of you to solder the gussets in. i have a problem with shaking at times. the fitment of the gussets is as tight as i can make them.

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joe and jeff, thanks so much for the comments. i'm a little late, i know but,..........

still working on all the front suspension / steering pieces. the front struts needed steering arms so i carved a pair up and put receiver grooves in the struts for them.

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Looking good, hope you made a load of those tiny parts while the mill was 'setup'.

The last time I made clevises and rod ends, I made many copies......just in case.

I think the hardest part about making these intricate parts is covering them with a shield or body panel. :)

Nice work.

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dave, thanks, i know what you mean sometimes you just hate covering up all the little details.

henry, chris and scott thanks guys. i appreciate your comments and thoughts.

so, after making all those little parts i had to put them to good use. the lower arms are just mocked on for now. need to install all the extra hardware later.

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